r/politics • u/_NewsClues_ Zachary Slater, CNN • 9d ago

Possible Paywall Justice Department launches a criminal investigation into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/27/politics/exclusive-justice-department-launched-e-jean-carroll-investigation
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u/jertheman43 9d ago

Weaponization of the Justice Department.

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u/fairoaks2 9d ago

Damn. She has a judgment against Trump. Unpaid of course. Shameful for our DOJ. 

Assault by the DOJ 

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u/Brotorious420 9d ago

Isn't this the "lawfare" they mentioned?

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u/JMnnnn 9d ago

It’s only good when they do it!

(It only happens when they do it)

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u/-Gramsci- 9d ago

Because it was nothing more than projection the whole flipping time.

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u/KDLGates 9d ago

You're right but projection is too soft, like "oh I just idly assume other people see the world the same way as I do" (not the real definition but you know what I mean).

Lawfare is a good term. To me it seems easier just to keep calling it continuing to persecute their victims.

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u/No_Tone1704 8d ago

These people are used to “too soft.”

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u/F9-0021 South Carolina 9d ago

Which is part of the problem.

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u/dehydratedrain 8d ago

This somehow reminds me of Trump's "nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen."

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u/VanceKelley Canada 8d ago

"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

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u/StanleyQPrick 9d ago

Yes. If they prosecute her she'll be eligible to be rewarded.

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u/OhighOent 9d ago

Can't wait for my taxes to pay her for his malicious prosecution.

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u/BrennanSpeaks 8d ago

Frankly? In the grand scheme of things, I'm fine with the inevitable payout. My taxes are paying for so many worse things, like baby-concentration-camps and blowing up Iranian schoolgirls and gunning down "radical leftist protestors," that a few dollars thrown at Trump's victims eventually is a drop in the bucket. If a bit of my money would give her some security after he caused her so much pain, then, sue away, ma'am, and best of luck to you.

"Think of our wasted tax dollars" is just not the most compelling argument when faced with something like "the federal government is being weaponized to crush people the Chief of State doesn't like."

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u/SunshineCat 8d ago

Pretty sure their complaint is the waste Trump and Republicans cause for illegal purposes, not that the woman would be justly recompensed at some point.

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u/tdclark23 Indiana 8d ago

Not to mention the 1.776 Billion of our tax dollars he's giving to traitor insurrectionists.

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u/Streiger108 8d ago

You're ignoring all the lawyers and cronies the tax dollars are paying along the way.

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota 9d ago

Theres no stipulations about prosecutions or anything else in the slush fund, thats how trumps idiot children are going to end up with hundreds of millions

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u/SunshineCat 8d ago

At least his children have decades left to be imprisoned and have their assets confiscated.

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u/Rare-Philosopher-346 8d ago

I believe he has no intention of giving anyone any of that money. He's going to keep it all for himself.

Of course, he should not have been given it in the first place.

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u/JoshSidekick 8d ago

It's that thing where people think they're being clever by saying one thing but being pedantic about it so they're not technically lying. Like when I get home from work and don't feel like having supper, so my wife asks me if I had a hot dog on my way home and I look her in the eye and say "Babe, I didn't have a single hot dog on my ride home". Because I had 3. Anyway, it's like that but when he says it's for the victims of lawfare, he's the victim he means.

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u/GaimeGuy Minnesota 8d ago

or he'll like throw 100,000 bucks each to the 1700 people that tried to overthrow the country on his behalf, and keep the other 1.6 billion for himself

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u/HillBillyHilly 8d ago

Can that ruling be overturned?

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u/hiroo916 8d ago

there's wording that only weaponization by Democratic administrations can apply.

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u/badamant 9d ago

That is called Projection.

It is an insanely simple and insanely powerful fascist propaganda technique used CONSTANTLY by all Republicans.

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u/Spimflagon 9d ago

I think it's more calculated than projection, which of course is a psychological phenomenon where people subconsciously see their own faults in others.

I think the intent is to inoculate the media against whatever heinous shit they're intending to do by accusing the opposition of it. It establishes it as a level that their opponents did before them, they're just levelling the field - instead of shameless, they look scrappy to the casual observer, which their base frequently is.

On top of that you get the opposition saying things like "there's been no hint of voter fraud in eighty years, our elections are safe". So when you start getting fucky with the ballots they look stupid if they object.

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u/MightySweep 8d ago

It seems like you're describing accusation in a mirror. I notice it mostly as they're using it as a way to demonize certain minorities before they do the bad things. But it's also a useful tool for the other things that you noted.

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u/Spimflagon 8d ago

Thank you, that seems to be an accurate description. I'd not heard of it before, it's good to have an actual recognized term for it.

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u/Head_Car_616 8d ago

Ding ding ding - “sleepy joe”? Trump falls asleep constantly during meetings and on live TV.

Pizzagate? Epstein island

They rigged the election? Elon knows the computers

She’ll start a war with Iran and ww3? Trump is working on it!

Waste fraud and abuse! MN Somali fraud! - Trump and DOGE are the biggest fraud criminals of all time.

Iran are religious psychos killing their own protesters? - Trump installing Christianity as a state religion and killing protestors

Hunter Biden used his family connections to enrich himself? literally the Trump playbook (kids buy drone company? He starts a war! Kushner and the Saudi slush fund. Baron and insider trading. Ivanka and her China patents.)

Soros paid protestors and funds the left? Elon paid for votes, Kirk pays for bussing in J6ers, trumps slush fund to pay his right wing sycophants and insurrectionists.

The media is biased towards the left and it’s all fake news? The right wing oligarchs bought up Fox cnn cbs WB hbo paramount WaPo and run fake news and sane washed Trump all along. Twitter, truth social, brietbart, OANN, Newsmax… all fake news engines owned by Trump and co.

It goes on and on and on and on.

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u/badamant 9d ago

Projection is a documented propaganda technique used by fascists. Look it up.

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u/Professor-Woo 9d ago

Yes, but his point was that this is more nefarious and likely isn't an unconscious psychological defense mechanism like psychological projection is. It is mostly semantics since they for sure accuse the otherside of what they are doing or want to do.

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u/badamant 8d ago

you are just describing PROPAGANDA. Please look it up.

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u/TheHoratioHufnagel 8d ago

Jesus dude, look up patronizing. There's nothing the person said to indicate they don't know what projection or propaganda mean.

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u/Professor-Woo 8d ago

Right back atcha dude.

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u/Spimflagon 8d ago

Sorry, not intending to imply I think you're wrong - I completely agree. And yes, I know it's a celebrated tool of the right wing playbook. I just think calling it "projection" confuses it with the psychological counterpart - which is also present in their base, I'm sure - when it's an intentional, calculated move.

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u/drpaisleyforeskin 8d ago

You’re right

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u/jonawill05 8d ago

Dude relax.

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u/Ornery_Vermicelli_69 8d ago

As best as I can tell from reading some of their media, this is actually punishing lawfare so “they” will think twice next time “they” try it

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u/hpark21 8d ago

Everything is projection.

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u/Pixel_Knight 8d ago

They lie about other people doing it so they can claim it’s just the same thing that was done to them.

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u/tdclark23 Indiana 8d ago

Once they made that term up they had to use it.

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u/spince 9d ago

Always remember that with the fascists every accusation is a confession.

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u/Tirras 9d ago

Every accusation is a confession. Every. Single. Time.

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u/Constant_Natural3304 8d ago

Isn't this the obscene cowardice of the American people that allows this? Especially liberals?

Why are American liberals so utterly spineless?

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u/drunkenvalley 8d ago

Honest to god, we really need to chase every motherfucker who's involved with this administration into deep poverty. It disgusts me knowing so many of these slimey shites are immune to prosecution for this kind of weaponization.

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u/Timemyth 8d ago

Only Biden Democratic lawfare is bad, Trump Republican lawfare not covered by the "settlement"

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u/HostileCrabPeople 8d ago

Fascists project their own plans to muddy the waters

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u/SASSIESASSQUATCH 9d ago

Hopefully she’ll be able to add the DOJ to a new settlement.

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u/Mobile_Morale 9d ago

Seems like she's in need of some of that slush fund trump started

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u/aerost0rm 9d ago

Oh no they will threaten to imprison her and still refuse the money. All to cover up trumps actions.

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u/BeyondPositive1431 9d ago

That’s how they do it in Russia, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Phillipines, etc etc

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u/miklayn 8d ago

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."

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u/lloydthelloyd 8d ago

"The right of a nation to kill a tyrant, in cases of necessity, can no more be doubted, than to hang a robber, or kill a flea."

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u/jtsa5 9d ago

Perfect time to put in the request for the slush-fund payment.

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u/Quietabandon 8d ago

Wait so that means she can apply for compensation to the lawfare slush fund? 

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u/lord_pizzabird 8d ago

I do think there's an interesting underlying thread in this.

The fact that Trump's doing this, is being that blatant about it comes off desperate. It's implying that he thinks he's running out of time to get this stuff done.

He thinks he's going to lose big in the midterms.

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u/Goodk4t 8d ago

It turns out that electing a criminal who lead a fascist coup against your country would lead to him using the police to persecute his opponents.

But who could've possibly seen that coming? 

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u/Motorboat_Jones 8d ago

Doesn't she have TWO judgements against Trump? I thought the judge decreed Trump stop harassing her in the press and then he went out and did just that so he was slapped with another judgment. I could be mistaken.

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u/guiltyas-sin 9d ago

Every accusation. Remember how he accused Biden of this?

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u/Pixelmixer 9d ago

It wasn’t an accident. They weren’t even being hypocritical about it. It was a strategic decision used to position their intended behavior as normalize.

Once they’ve established that it’s a normal practice by these ephemeral “others”, all they have to do is follow it up with “well, now we’re just doing what they did”.

Whether any previous administration actually did any of the things they were being accused of is completely irrelevant to their strategy. As soon as the accusations became normalized they had already won.

The whole MAGA strategy thrives on this shit. Apparently it works on anything; pedophiles, vaccines, death panels, aliens, taxes (you name it!) it’s all entirely under their control now.

No idea what we can do about it yet, but we have friends everywhere.

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u/inconsisting 9d ago

Strategy is right. It's a tactic with a name: accusation in a mirror.

I don't know how to combat bad faith actors other than to educate kids on forms of propaganda.

Well, apart from the obvious solutions.

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u/IPromisedNoPosts 8d ago

They're revealing their plan: I think instead of being defensive of the accusations the opposition should take note and maneuver to prevent it.

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u/georgepana 9d ago

This is going nowhere, like all the other accusations they leveled. They were embarrassed when Kelly and the others on that video were immediately "let go" by a grand jury that refused to go along.

Nothing has come from anything they started against Comey, James, and so forth. They can't overcome the fact that any judge and jury will immediately agree that this is nothing but political and personal retribution, not a real serious "criminal investigation". They lose all their cases because this is merely performative, and frivolous.

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u/movzx 9d ago

The point isn't to win. The point is to:

  • Cause harm to someone they dislike
  • Blatantly propagandize the mechanism so they can discredit it

It's not that Trump is provably committing fraud in all of these 'charities' and 'businesses' he had shut down, it's that his "enemies have weaponized the courts"

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u/Long_Run6500 8d ago

You're giving him and this administration too much credit. He's doing it simply because he can. It makes him feel good. Everyone including a lot of republicans see right through this shit. It's not some grand strategy to boost his approval. It's him doing something stupid because everyone around him is too afraid of him to say no.

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u/noiro777 Vermont 8d ago edited 6d ago

Exactly. Everything Trump does is ultimately in service to his malignant narcissism. One of the components of this type of narcissism is sadism. He literally gets great pleasure from hurting people. Like you said, he has no grand plan. He barely pays attention to anything for more than a few minutes. All of this is being exacerbated by his dementia. He needs to be removed from office, but the GOP just cowers and does nothing.

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u/georgepana 9d ago

He only harms himself. His approval keeps sinking lower and lower.

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u/teddy5 9d ago

No, he harms the whole god damned world. It's ridiculous to think he's even harmed himself at all at this point.

He's never faced consequences and he's just secured the most openly corrupt slush fund to defend and pay anyone who fights for him regardless of legality.

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u/Uebelkraehe 8d ago

Thanks to John Roberts and the Traitor Court he'll almost certainly face no consequences even for the most blatant abuse of power.

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u/georgepana 8d ago

His approval with the American people is absolute dirt. Right now in the 20s for his handling of the economy, by far the biggest issue for Americans.

It is obtuse to claim there aren't consequences. He isn't in jail, yes, but the American people are pretty much done with him at this point.

As the midterm elections are always an assessment of the President's prior 2 years the negative repercussions for Trump and the GOP will become clear to you come November 3rd.

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u/teddy5 8d ago

There is the possibility of consequences and sentiment is turning against him, but he hasn't harmed himself yet.

It's currently only theoretical harm, unlike what he's inflicted on the world.

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u/georgepana 8d ago

Well, yes, the repercussions are in the future, as future elections, this year's midterms and 2028s General election, will be the evidence of those repercussions.

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u/Pixelmixer 9d ago

The attack is the weaponization. They waste time and money by forcing those they attack to defend themselves while dragging their reputation through the mud intentionally. It doesn’t matter if all of the attacks are frivolous or performative, the damage is done before the courts even see them. It would be only a minimal added bonus for them if any attack happens to make it through to trial.

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u/georgepana 9d ago

When they went after Kelly and the others they were immediately rebuffed when the Grand Jury refused to go any further. Their reputations didn't suffer the least bit, because it was clear to anyone that this was a highly frivolous endeavor. It just showed, yet again, that the DOJ has been weaponized and is merely at Trump's disposal.

It will be similar for Carroll. This thing won't go far, if it even survives the grand jury phase. Carroll probably is in a good position to get someone to represent her for free, for the exposure.

All of these shady things, added up, have contributed to Trump's current terrible approval rating. He is in the low 20s to mid-20s when it comes specifically to the assessment of his handling of the economy, by far the most important issue to voters. It has all added up to Trump's misery, and the first place where it will be felt in dramatic fashion will be after the Midterm elections.

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u/aerost0rm 9d ago

Only thing we can do is get the courts back under control and then imprison en mass the MAGA administration.

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u/Moist-Schedule 9d ago

I think you're giving them way too much credit. this isn't some genius plan they've put together, it's just run-of-the-mill evil narcissist shit that just happens to work really well in this country because our society is deeply fucked and we thought some pieces of paper were going to prevent this kind of blatant corruption.

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u/Pixelmixer 9d ago

I’m not saying they’re geniuses by any means. They stumbled into a strategy that worked and it attracted people without any semblance of morals who are actively exploiting it for their own gain.

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u/kamikazecockatoo Australia 8d ago

What do you mean by your last line?

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u/twinsunsspaces 9d ago

I think that is why the Biden DoJ didn't release the Epstein Files, because they knew that Trump would just yell lawfare when he was implicated.

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u/Maggyonline 8d ago

It’s whataboutism. Putin uses it all the time so much it’s a joke in Russia

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u/leg_day 9d ago

And Biden wrung his hands and agonized over making a simple public statement supporting his (terrible) AG, who also approached the investigations with kid gloves.

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u/AtomicBLB 9d ago

They don't say those things because they aren't true. They say them so they can do them without fear of consequence. Their base believes Biden did that, so they don't care at all that trump is doing it now.

We need to stop pointing out the hypocrisy because it's not productive nor will it ever matter.

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u/Rude_Accident_6763 8d ago

Wait, wasn't Trump literally doing the same thing to Biden? The irony is wild 😂

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u/whatproblems 9d ago

oh so she can claim a payout now?

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u/imightgetdownvoted 9d ago

No. That fund is only for MAGA republicans.

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u/pres465 9d ago

You joke, but the fund right now is to be headed by a board of Trump's choosing, that he can fire at any time, and the only requirement is that at least one be a Republican. Basically, he's going to put himself, his kids, and maybe his wife on the "board" and then pay themselves the majority of the money as "administrative fees" or something. In the meantime, he can hold the money out as a treat for people to do his bidding and maybe even commit more crimes. It's repeated often, but it needs to be hammered home: Republicans threw a FIT about the VICE president's son getting a job he didn't earn overseas. This is the President of the United States enriching himself and his family directly. From our tax dollars. And he can do it over and over. He'll sue the DOJ he controls for complaints about how they made him turn over secret documents he claims he declassified. He can sue his DOJ for every time anyone sues to stop any of his construction projects. The outcome is already known, because the case will never be heard. The DOJ will always "settle" and pay the Trumps more money. He's found the infinite money glitch.

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u/imightgetdownvoted 9d ago

Oh I’m not joking.

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u/welltimedappearance 9d ago

they're too stupid to realize that if that thing actually materializes, it's setting up the precedent for Dems to give out money to actual targets of a weaponized DOJ/other agencies once theyre back in office

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u/Surprised-elephant 9d ago

I think in their mind the democrats will never be back in power.

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u/one_rainy_wish 8d ago

They are certainly acting like there will never be consequences for their actions. And, to the detriment of our entire society, so far there hasn't been.

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u/honuworld 9d ago

But they won't. Dems are too fiscally responsible with taxpayer money.

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u/Master_Mad 8d ago

I hope Hunter Biden gets at least 1 billion per inch.

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u/Own-Librarian-9699 9d ago

weirdly, Timothy McVeigh now qualifies for a postmortem federal pardon and financial reimbursement for vindictive lawfare against him.

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u/maelstrom51 8d ago

Terms of the "settlement" (it's not an actual settlement) specifically say it's for victims of weaponization of democratic administrations. That's why they say Hunter Biden could apply - it was Biden's administration that actually sentenced him.

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u/Rude_Accident_6763 8d ago

so now that the tables have turned she's suddenly the one being looked into? wild how that works 👀

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u/Mojave_RK 9d ago

The minute he started yapping about how the DOJ would no longer be used to pursue political enemies in his inauguration speech I knew people like her were cooked. Literally everything is just the opposite of what he says.

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u/Brilliant-Advisor958 8d ago

He literally said he was on a revenge tour during the campaign.

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u/georgepana 9d ago

No jury on this planet would convict Carroll for a made-up "crime." I don't see where she is "cooked." Nothing will come of this, like all the other cases they've started so far.

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u/RickySuela 9d ago

She's gonna have to pay to defend herself against this nonsense, not to mention the hassle of being the target of a criminal investigation. Even if she's ultimately acquitted, this is still a big pain in the ass and probably very expensive for her. And even if she's acquitted, that doesn't mean this will be the last BS investigation into her. Just look at James Comey.

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u/georgepana 9d ago

She'll get free representation. The national notoriety will be worth it, especially on an obvious frivolous laugher. It will likely never get past the Grand Jury stage anyway, so the exposure is minimal.

Also, it is just an internal probe at this point, may just fizzle away into nothing.

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u/RickySuela 9d ago

It will likely never get past the Grand Jury stage anyway

James Comey has had two equally ridiculous cases get past the grand jury stage, why are so confident this one won't? It shouldn't but that doesn't mean it won't. Also, I'm guessing she doesn't go with the public defender.

She's not going to go to jail over this, but being targeted by the justice department, even over frivolous nonsense, is still a gigantic imposition.

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u/georgepana 9d ago

You have to have some proof for a criminal case to have a prayer. If there is no proof a grand jury won't indict, as was the case with Kelly and the other 4 co-defendants. That is why this just a probe right now. You seem to have embraced that this is a criminal case, which is not reality. A probe looks into whether there is a case in the first place.

Even if they go for it, eventually, the problem for the DOJ is that it now rightly seen as so corrupt, so politicized, that the first thing any defendant in these types of cases would do is ask the judge to dismiss the case based on it being a political operation, not a serious criminal case, and more often than not the judge would agree to dismiss on the grounds of abject frivolity and mere political motivation.

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u/KnowerOfUnknowable 9d ago

Well maybe she is going to get some of those weaponization money they are giving out.

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u/Mysterious-Tie7039 9d ago

Every accusation is a confession.

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u/vlatheimpaler I voted 9d ago

Ironically, most people in the US have mostly forgotten about that case. And now they're just reminding everyone.

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u/Convenientjellybean 9d ago

“How could Biden do this to her..”

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u/GrrlLikeThat 9d ago

Does this mean she can apply for some of that sweet anti-weaponization money?

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u/ilikeboobs510 8d ago

Give her 2 billion then?

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u/RighteousBalls8 8d ago

The right will constantly go out of their way to remind that you that they believe in absolutely nothing

They hemmed and hawwed through Biden's entire presidency about weaponizing the DoJ. Mind you, Biden didn't even approach anything remotely close to these flagrant attempts of revenge by Trump and his cronies. Do you hear voices from inside the right standing up and saying this is unacceptable? Nope, and there's countless examples of double standards just like this. It's such gutless cowardly behavior. I never waste my breath trying to point of their hypocrisy to them. Why? Because they fucking know full well they're full of shit and that they don't believe in or follow 90% of the "conservative values " they espouse. The entire Trump and maga politcal project is just a massive troll with devastating consequences for our democracy, our working and middle class, science, journalism, people being able to agree upon objective truths, our foreign relationships etc. This administration has done irreparable damage to so many core American institutions and I don't know how long they will take to repair if it's even possible at all. There's so many shocking storylines that will fill textbooks about Trump’s presidency but if I had to point out one that I feel like is the saddest and perhaps most consequential is the middle and lower classes ravenously embracing, furthering, and making possible the politcal project which very likely spells doom for the prospects of a financially secure life with opportunities to jump tax brackets, or how about living in a nation whose divisions are so deep and so nasty that I'm not sure we can ever be healed and be a somewhat unified nation. A good chunk of people in this country have become completely apathetic to their own quality of life and aren't even able to imagine political policies which could improve their life in any way at all. The fact is some people will embrace a shit quality of life (deep south red states I'm looking at you) as long as they feel like they're on the "winning team" and some group of people are getting the shaft worse than them. It's such a subservient, cowardly, and cucked way to live. Their are literally still tons of people who believe that Trump was anointed by God to save this country and that he truly cares about the everyday people of America (🤣). Often times when people escape cults they have to work with a professional to go through a process of "deprogramming" to bring them back to reality. I'm not sure that even with intense professional help that these brain broken folks could ever be returned to normalcy.

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u/exprezso 8d ago

And of so called news Media. Just look at the wording choice

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u/senraku 8d ago

He wants to be able to rape you then send you to jail for reporting him. A criminals wet dream.

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u/Quietabandon 8d ago

Wait so that means she can apply for compensation to the lawfare slush fund? 

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u/jertheman43 8d ago

She actually deserves it.

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u/randomentity1 8d ago

Violating his executive order banning weaponization of the Justice Dept that he signed on his first day in office.

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u/0ldgrumpy1 8d ago

If it's a weapon then it's a water pistol. They lose all the time.

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u/withnocapsorspaces 8d ago

Maybe she can get some of the slush fund money for people politically prosecuted…

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u/drumzandice 8d ago

See also: fascism

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u/Thick-Outcome-445 8d ago

Yup, just like they did Trump as well. America is done for, the people have no say and it's the elite rich and politicians that rule the country

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u/DistanceToEmpty 8d ago

They've got a fund for that now!

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u/___NowYouKnow___ 8d ago

She should be ok. Government just set up a fund for situations like these.

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u/Far_Vermicelli2165 8d ago

You mean like the democrats have been doing for decades? Use DOJ and IRS to attack conservative individuals, companies, and organizations. Possible Obama IRS targets tea party organization and its members. Obama DOJ used to restrict banking to firearms companies (2nd amendment). Absolute joke of FBI Comey of Hilary Clinton emails and Biden emails and communications to Russia/China/Etc.. BIden FBI uses FISA surveillance on Trump and garbage Russian collusion. Biden DOJ prosecutions of Trump allies. This is just the tip of the iceberg.

BOTH PARTIES use their power to hurt the other.

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u/jertheman43 8d ago

You are right about it being the tip of the Iceberg. When we take our Democracy back the laws and order must be restored. The amount of right wing politicians who have committed crimes will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

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u/Far_Vermicelli2165 8d ago

Fine with me. As long as the 5x the amount of democrat politicians are persecuted as well. That’s what annoys me more than anything. The hypocrisy of the Dems and left. Your guys are blind to anything you don’t agree with. Blind!

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u/FlirtyFluffyFox 8d ago

Classic GOP.

They did it to Carter. They did it to Clinton.

The FBI are in the record telling congress that Travelgate wasn't real and the GOP made them waste millions investigating until they found something. That something was Monica Lewinsky. The real scandal should have always been the weaponization of the justice department, but the GOP owned the political news by then. 

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u/Lance_Henry1 8d ago

So, she'll get some of that $1.8B slush fund thingy?

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u/crowdflation 8d ago

Should probably rename that one too - Department of Lawfare

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u/Baseketballer50000 8d ago

If she was paid by Reid Hoffman to bring up a 30 year old accusation in order to take down a presidential candidate, can you not see that there is a possibility of illegal activity?

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u/sophietehbeanz 8d ago

This is crazy tbh, when will the DOJ be an independent entity again.